UFC Flyweights Announce Releases, Indicate the Division is Being Dismantled

Though the fight promotion itself has yet to acknowledge such, it appears that the UFC men’s flyweight division may be coming to an end.

There have been rumors swirling for months that the flyweight division was on its last legs, and after former divisional kingpin Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson was released from his contract for what was essentially the first blockbuster trade in mixed martial arts, the writing has been in big bold letters on the wall. Johnson moved over to ONE Championship, while the Singapore-based promotion released its former welterweight champion Ben Askren to fight for the UFC.

Current UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo has sounded more and more like a fight with him moving up to bantamweight to challenge 135-pound champion T.J. Dillashaw is looking more an more likely, and added that if it happens that it probably means the end for the flyweights.

“That T.J. fight might happen if they’re going to be done with the flyweight division. I think that cat’s out of the bag and Dana had mentioned that to me,” Cejudo said in an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show.

Adding to the nails that are being driven into the coffin was a recent social media post by flyweight Jose Torres, who stated that he had been released from his UFC contract and that he was only the first of many as they apparently dismantle the division.

This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com